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Featured, News - Saturday, May 31, 2008 2:07 - 0 Comments
AAS Statement on STS-124 and ISS
American Astronautical Society Statement on the International Space Station Partners’ Accomplishment
(May 31, 2008) The American Astronautical Society (AAS) today hailed the launch of NASA’s Space Shuttle flight STS-124 which successfully placed two new Japanese elements, the “Kibo” (Hope) pressurized Japanese Experiment Module and Remote Manipulator System, into orbit for rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS). This mission is a landmark event as all the major partners’ pressurized elements for the ISS have now been launched into Earth orbit. AAS members celebrated the accomplishment of the ISS partners whose commitment to a continuous human presence in space will enable further scientific research on the effects of the space environment and micro-gravity on physical and biological systems.
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Jul 30 — Deadline for AAS Awards Nominations
See astronautical.org/awards for details.
Aug 14-16 — The Great Planet Debate: A Scientific Conference and Educator Workshop
Laurel, Maryland
Aug 18-21 — AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
Honolulu, Hawaii
Sep 29-Oct 3 — 54th International Astronautical Congress
Glasgow, Scotland
Nov 17-19 — AAS National Conference and 55th Annual Meeting
Pasadena, California
- New blog post: NASA and Internet Archive Launch Centralized Resource for Images http://tinyurl.com/62eqbf 14 hrs ago
- NASA's Spaceward Bound: Arctic 2008 http://tinyurl.com/5twht2 5 days ago
- New blog post: NASA's Spaceward Bound: Arctic 2008 http://tinyurl.com/5twht2 5 days ago
- Photos and all presentations of CanSat 2008 now posted to http://tinyurl.com/5vwrtg [astronautical.org] - more photos later from students 2008-06-18
- 4 sets of CanSat 2008 photos uploaded to Flickr: http://tinyurl.com/3hxwf9 2008-06-17
- Tuskegee University presentation: http://tinyurl.com/65kyaa 2008-06-15
- More updates...
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- NASA and Internet Archive Launch Centralized Resource for Images
- NASA’s Spaceward Bound: Arctic 2008
- CanSat 2008 Results
- CanSat 2008: University of Alabama in Huntsville
- CanSat 2008: Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico City
- CanSat 2008: Tuskegee University
- CanSat 2008: Michigan Tech University
- CanSat 2008: Iowa State University
- CanSat 2008: University of New Hampshire
- CanSat 2008: Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM), Puebla
- CanSat 2008: University of Michigan VictorV
News - Jul 24, 2008 16:58 - 0 Comments
NASA and Internet Archive Launch Centralized Resource for Images
WASHINGTON — NASA and Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library based in San Francisco, made available the most comprehensive compilation ever of NASA’s vast collection of photographs, historic film and video Thursday. Located at www.nasaimages.org, the Internet site combines for the first time 21 major NASA imagery collections into a single, searchable online resource. A link to the Web site will appear on the http://www.nasa.gov home page.
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Other recent news
- NASA’s Spaceward Bound: Arctic 2008
- CanSat 2008 Results
- CanSat 2008: University of Alabama in Huntsville
- CanSat 2008: Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico City
- CanSat 2008: Tuskegee University
Events - May 12, 2008 21:08 - 2 Comments
Forging the Future of Space Science - The Next 50 Years
The Space Studies Board of the National Research Council has organized a yearlong series of public lectures and colloquia in cities across the country and abroad. “Forging the Future of Space Science – The Next 50 Years” will celebrate the spectacular achievements of space and earth science, examine new discoveries in both fields, and look ahead at what the next 50 years may bring.
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- 2008 Goddard Memorial Symposium
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- 2007 Goddard Presentations
- Goddard Memorial Symposium
- Space Science and Exploration in the Next Decade | Nov 17-19, 2008
CanSat, Corporate Members, Virginia Tech - Jun 15, 2008 10:15 - 0 Comments
CanSat 2008: Virginia Tech Maroon
Team: Virginia Tech Maroon
Location: Blacksburg, Virginia
